We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
67 of its 90 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Jenin accounted for 51 of Palestine's 67 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
131 of its 617 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Wildfires were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Seytenga accounted for 9 of Burkina Faso's 11 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
29 of its 40 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Mogadishu accounted for 14 of Somalia's 29 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Kigali accounted for 25 of Rwanda's 57 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
14 of its 33 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
17 of its 26 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Bangladesh (38 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in Spain (20 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); cholera in North Korea (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ukraine (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); natural hazards in China (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 Jun. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 17,320 stories about harm among 79,605 counted on 17 Jun.
Bangladesh's news mentioned flooding about 7 times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 79,605 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Palestine, 74% of the news was about people being harmed, where 50% is usual. A year earlier, on 17 June 2021, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
The day's biggest events: attacks, accidents and disasters, people displaced, protests, outbreaks. Bigger dot: more stories. Ranked by the share of the day's outlets that reported it and how clearly it was about one thing, the same way for every place and year; the news data does not say who attacked whom, so both sides of a war appear where the news put them. Click a dot for its stories.
Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
The words in the day's stories were softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?
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